Theresa May

December 09, 2019

UK election campaign enters final rounds with Brexit on the line

Boris Johnson is hoping to regain the Conservative majority lost by his predecessor Theresa May in the last election, just two years ago, while Jeremy Corbyn is aiming to upset the odds and usher in the first Labour government for nine years.

July 20, 2019
Bid to release Indian crew of British tanker seized by Iran

18 Indian nationals are among the 23 crew members of the British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran amid a fresh escalation of tensions in the Gulf region.
June 21, 2019
Johnson and Hunt fight for British PM job

Despite a series of scandals in the past and criticism about his attention to detail, Johnson has dominated the race since Theresa May announced a month ago that she would step down after failing to get her Brexit deal through parliament.
June 13, 2019
Brexit supporter Johnson far ahead in contest to replace British PM

Johnson, the face of the official campaign to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum, won the support of 114 Conservative lawmakers in the first round of the contest to replace May.
June 08, 2019
Theresa May steps down as party chief, igniting leadership race

She will continue to work as prime minister until her party elects a new leader, a crowded race that will be defined by Brexit and competing approaches on how to deliver Britain's biggest foreign policy shift in more than 40 years.
June 06, 2019
Leaders salute 'raw courage' of D-Day veterans on Normandy's beaches

The devastation wrought by two world wars in the first half of the 20th century fostered a decades-long era of cooperation between European capitals determined to protect their hard-fought peace, giving rise to what is now the European Union.
May 25, 2019
British health minister Hancock joins race to replace May as PM

May said on Friday she would step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 after admitting defeat in her bid to get parliament to pass a divorce deal she agreed with the European Union.

Theresa May

UK election campaign enters final rounds with Brexit on the line

Bid to release Indian crew of British tanker seized by Iran

Johnson and Hunt fight for British PM job

Brexit supporter Johnson far ahead in contest to replace British PM

Theresa May steps down as party chief, igniting leadership race

Leaders salute 'raw courage' of D-Day veterans on Normandy's beaches

British health minister Hancock joins race to replace May as PM

British PM May resigns, paving way for Brexit confrontation with EU

UK PM May says Brexit legislation to have 'improved package of measures'

Britain's Brexit talks collapse as May's premiership falls down